Address: 9603 Woods Drive
Skokie, IL 60077
Phone: 847-967-4800
Fax: 847-967-4801
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Website: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/
Director/Person-in-Charge:
Principal Staff Members:
Eric Schwager, Vice President of Finance and Operations
Ken Cooper, Vice President of Development
Mary Gold, Vice President of Marketing and Business Devlopment
Education:
Kelley H. Szany, Vice President ofˇEducation and Exhibitions
Eve Samson, Associate Director of Public and Private Grants
Jessica Lindholm, Assistant Director of Development
Arielle Weininger, Chief Curator of Collections and Exhibitions
Laura Beth Wolfe, Operations and Special Events Manager
Year Established: 1981
Staff: Salaried - 31; Volunteer - 355
Days and Hours Open to the Public: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/winter-break-ticketing/
Type of Organization or Mission: The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education center is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Holocaust by honoring the memories of those who were lost and by teaching universal lessons that combat hatred, prejudice and indifference. The museum fulfills its mission through the exhibition, preservation and interpretation of its collections and through education. programs and initiatives that foster the promotion of human rights and the elimination of genocide.
Services: Karkomi Permanent Exhibition; Miller Family Youth Exhibition; Legacy of Absence Gallery; Brill Family Resource Center; Donald and Sue Pritzker Voices of Conscience lecture series; JFR Center of Excellence; Echoes and Reflections National Training Center; Speakers' bureau; Video testimony project on survivors and liberators; Docent led tours; group tours; Online teacher resources; Educational outreach programs; Literature-based teaching trunks and curricula; Ferro Fountain of the Righteous; Survivor services, writing workshops; Community outreach and public programs, commemorations; Professional development for educators workshops; Law enforcement training; Literature based teaching trunks and curricula; Student arts and writing contest; Scholarship opportunities for teachers; Family programs for young families; Opportunity scholarships for field trips and buses; Circle of Life-Bar/Bat Mitzvah twinning program with a Holocaust victim; Legacy Museum Shop.
